Wilber reuben hitchcock



(No Model.)

W. R. 'HITGHOOOK. BRACKET FOR INGANDBSOENT ELECTRIC LIGHTS No. 549,724.P atnted Nov. 12, 1895.

UNITE STATES- PATENT QFFICE.

VVILBER REUBEN IIITOI-IOOCK, OF OORNI/VALL, CANADA.

BRACKET FOR INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,7 24, datedNovember 12, 1895.

' Application med March 27, 1895. Serial No. 543,337. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBER REUBEN HITCH- COOK, a citizen of Canada,residing at Cornwall, in the county of Stormont, in the Province ofOntario, Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrackets for Incandescent Electric Lights; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of my invention is a bracket the arm of which is flexible andmaybe moved so as to throw the light in any desired direction. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a viewof my improved bracket. Fig. 2 is adetail view showing the construction. Fig. 3 is a detail showing theconnection with the wall-plate.

A is a plate adapted to be secured to the wall or other place where thelight is required. A central socket a is made integrally with thisplate, and in this socket one end of a chain is secured by a set-screw0. An aperture b is also made in the plate'for the passage of theinsulated wires B.

The chain 0, which may be of any suitable length, is made of plate-linkssecured by rivetsthat is, one link consists of three plates and the nextof two, and soon. As is usual in this class of chain, it will be seenthat the chain is flexible in one plane only. In order to giveflexibility in another plane, the chain is twisted, as shown at c.

A bell-shaped cap D, in which a cut-out may be placed, if desired, issecured by setscrews is to a tube K, which will be hereinafterdescribed, the mouth of the said bellshaped cap fitting on the plate A.The links of the chain 0 where it passes through this cap D are solderedtogether, so as to make it inflexible.

The chain 0 is covered with rubber insulating-tape E, and the flexibleinsulated wires B pass along one at either side of the chain, andanother layer F of rubber. insulatingtape is wrapped over the whole,keeping the wires in place, the layer or rubber tape E protecting thewires from the chain. The free end of the chain is secured by solder orotherwise in a nipple G, through which the Wires B also pass. Thelamp-socket H is secured on this nipple by means of a set-screw g.

A flexible covering J is placed over the chain 0 and wires B, and issecured at one end to a short tube K, which is held by set-screws k inthe bell-shaped cap D and to the chain 0 by a set-screw h. The other endof the flexible covering is secured in a ring L, which is held by aset-screw Z on the nipple G. This covering J may be made of any suitableflexible material, such as spirally-coiled wire or rubber tubing, orboth.

The bracket may be used on a Wall, desk, or as an arm on an electrolier.The links, while being so riveted as to move with moderate freedom, haveenough friction to stay and hold the socket in any position in which itmay be placed.

I claim as my invention- 1. A flexible bracket for an incandescentelectric light consisting of a chain secured to the wall plate at oneend and to the lamp socket at the other, and a flexible coveringembracing the said chain and thewires supplying the current to the saidlamp socket, substantially as set forth.

'2. In a flexible bracket for an incandescent electric light, thecombination with the plate A and socket a, the bell shaped cap D securedto the said plate, of the chain 0 wrapped with insulating material, thewires B also wrapped with the chain in another layer of insulatingmaterial, the said chain being secured at one end in the said socket a,a nipple Gr secured on the other end of the chain to which the lampsocket is secured, and a flexible covering J covering the said chain andwires, substantially as set forth.

3. In a flexible bracket for an incandescent electric light, thecombination with the chain G twisted at c and secured at one end to awall plate and at the other to the lamp socket of the flexible coveringJ, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Ottawa this 1st day of lliarch, 1895.

WILBER REUBEN I-IITOHCOOK.

In. presence of-= Jos. MATLE, A. G. WILMOT.

